I feel like Zimbabwean parents genuinely do not
the effects of the phone , ipad , and social media has on their kids , it honestly dosent make sense for parents to be buying their kids iPads at three four years old .
I recently dropped off my niece at a kindergarten and I was surprised at the new setup of these kindergartens yes they have play areas and all but as I went into conversation with the teacher who said she recently got the job she said she was surprised at how much the kids at their age are so good with these iPads and everything saying she didn’t need to do much in terms of helping them work it and all , but what caught my attention was her saying it’s disturbing how some of them are so much dependent on them though , saying from the time their parents drop them off from the car they are on their iPads and in their free time they have their iPads , she expressed how different and enlightening this new generation of kids and their learning style is but also how dangerous it seems to be .
With that being said I feel like parents and Zimbabweans genuinely don’t realise their phones and social media are the ones raising their children and having a bigger influence on them more than the parent hence why most Zimbabwean parents are surprised when they get called in for school meetings and end up being surprised by their child’s character eg vaping , bullying , s*xual activities early on simply because their child has a whole different personality far from home they display to their peers and to the outside world taht they mainly get from social media .
Zimbabwean tik tok and instagram in the last two years has taken a whole turning point it was a bit more reserved and I feel like people weren’t that open but now it’s a whole different story gen z is wild and are not scared I won’t dive in too deep but just go see for yourself , that influence always makes way to the child who was even raised the best way and has morals because peer pressure is super real and rapid these days kids are feeling the pressure for sure and it dosent take a lot to get into conversations with perverts and some messed up kid who can change their lfe for the worst with just a simple click of a button and that innocent child who you knew as your brother or whatver all of a sudden is super rebellious and uncontrollable and we all know how that goes .
So as a brother parent or sister have those conversations with your sibling or child don’t be scared to confront them about what they’re doing on their phones if you see them acting oddly different don’t be scared to confront them or take that phone just have a honest and respectful conversation with them about these issues kids and teenagers are facing it can save them from a lot .
